Griniai (formerly russian: Грини, pl, Grynie)
[ is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in ]Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
The county's coat of arms can be blazon ...
, in central Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 12 people.[ It is located from ]Angiriai
Angiriai or Angeriai (meaning 'a place on woods', formerly russian: Онгиры, pl, Ongiry) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of ...
, on the right bank of the Angiriai Reservoir
The Angiriai Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located north-west from Josvainiai town. It was created in 1980, when a dam on the Šušvė river had been built next to Angiriai village. ...
, by the Žemėplėša rivulet mouth. There is a cemetery with an old oak tree (a nature monument).
Demography
Images
Griniai4.JPG, Village landscape
Griniai3.JPG, A roofed pole
Roofed pole or roofed pillar ( lt, stogastulpis, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanians, Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers o ...
in Griniai, next to a road to Kupsčiai
Grinių ąžuolas.JPG, Griniai oak tree in the cemetery
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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